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The Benson baseball team scored just one run last week during home games against Sauk Centre and YME and not surprisingly, the Braves lost both games against Sauk Centre last Tuesday, 9-1, and versus the Sting, Friday, 1-0.

The Braves fell to 1-14 overall and 1-1 in the WCC with two league games to go this week at Minnewaska Area, Monday, and at ACGC, Tuesday (yesterday).

The Section 3AA Baseball Tourney is set to begin Saturday, and Benson will be heading to Minnewaska Area again for an elimination-round game against the Lakers at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 27. The winner faces the winner of the YME-Paynesville game at 3 p.m. at Minnewaska.

The Braves earned their only two victories of the season this year at Minnewaska Area, April 27, by a 6-4 score, and Monday night at Minnewaska, 5-4....

The Benson softball team lost its final two regular-season games last week to Sauk Centre (8-5) and ACGC (4-2).

The Braves, who also had a game against NLS last week cancelled due to weather, ended the regular-season with a 3-13 overall record and 2-12 mark within the WCC to finish in eighth-place.

Benson earned the sixth seed in the Section 3AA Softball Tourney, set to begin Tuesday, May 23 (yesterday) at Minnewaska Area. The Braves were set to play third-seeded NLS in an elimination game at 4:30 p.m. with the winner facing the winner of the No. 2-Minnewaska and No. 7-YME game at 6 p.m.

The eight winners of the first-round games in the Section 3AA Tourney advance to the double-elimination round. Morris Area earned the top seed in Benson’s half of the section, while Pipestone Area and Martin County West are the top two seeds in the other half.

The Benson-KMS girls golf team competed in the final two WCC meets last week at Montevideo and Benson, Thursday.

The Fighting Braves placed fourth in both meets and ended up fourth in the final standings as well.

Minnewaska Area won another WCC title with 62 total points, winning six of the eight meets, while BOLD was second with 57, followed by Morris in third, Benson-KMS in fourth, Sauk Centre, Montevideo, Melrose, and ACGC.

In addition, Kellie Enderson earned her sixth-straight All-Conference honor in girls golf. The top 14 golfers earned All-Conference and Enderson was ninth overall with a 46 average on her best six rounds in the eight WCC meets.

Danielle Reuss was 18th in the final standings, while Nicole Ascheman was 23rd, Alissa Maurer was 25th, and Liz Langan was 26th, and Katelyn Young 35th.

More about the complete All-Conference girls golf team will appear in the coming weeks.

The Benson softball team had four games last week during one of the busiest weeks of the season for the Braves, earning its third win of the season in the process. The Braves fell to Montevideo in a close game last Monday night, 3-0, but came back the next night to edge Sauk Centre, 13-12.

Montevideo and Benson met up again Thursday, and this time, the two teams combined for 27 runs as Montevideo beat the Braves for the second time in the week, 15-12. The week came to an end with a 7-1 non-conference loss to KMS, Friday in Benson.

The Braves, 3-11 overall and 2-10 in the WCC, have three more regular-season game left, including home games with Sauk Centre, Monday, ACGC, Tuesday, and NLS, Thursday....

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The Benson-KMS boys golf team dropped into sixth place in the overall WCC boys golf standings after placing fifth and seventh at a pair of meets last week at Melrose and Sauk Centre.

The Fighting Braves also hosted the Benson Boys Golf Invitational last Wednesday with Lac qui Parle winning the team title, and Friday, BKMS golfed at the NLS Little Crow Invitational, placing 11th of 14 teams.

The final regular-season competition of the year is set for Thursday when the WCC golf teams compete at Benson in the morning and at Montevideo in the afternoon. Also coming up is the Section 3AA semifinals, Thursday, May 25 at the Oakdale Golf Club....

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The KMS baseball team had both of its games postponed last week, the first two postponements of the spring for the Saints. KMS had a game at Canby, Thursday, postponed due to cold and rain and that game will be made up Tuesday, May 23. The Saints were supposed to play Hancock that day, but the Hancock game has been cancelled to make way for the conference game with Canby.

The Saints, who shared the Camden Conference title last year with Canby, also had a game at BBE, Friday, postponed due to weather. No makeup date has been set.

This week, the pace of the season really heats up as KMS was set to play at Prinsburg CMCS, Tuesday (yesterday); host YME, Thursday (tomorrow); host ACGC, Friday; and host the KMS Invitational with CGB and Murray County Central, Saturday.

The Section 3A Tourney is set to begin May 27 and the State Baseball Tournament is set for June 15-16.

The Benson baseball team earned its first win of the season with a 6-4 victory at Minnewaska Area, Friday night. The two teams were supposed to meet for a doubleheader, Thursday, but cold and rain forced a postponement and instead of rescheduling a doubleheader, the two teams scheduled one game, Friday and the other game for Monday, May 1.

The Braves, who improved to 1-6 overall and 1-5 in the WCC with the win, were also supposed to host Montevideo last Tuesday night, but that game was also postponed and will be made up Thursday, May 4.

Benson has four games scheduled this week, including the game with Minnewaska Area, Monday, a home game with ACGC, Tuesday, and makeup game with Montevideo, Thursday, and a night game with Hancock, Friday....

The Benson boys tennis team earned its second win of the season last week with a 6-1 rout of MACCRAY, Friday night on the local courts.

Three days earlier, the Braves lost a match to Mora, 4-1, that was shortened due to weather. Benson was also supposed to play NLS the same day, but that match was postponed to Monday, May 8.

The match with MACCRAY was supposed to take place, Thursday, but was pushed back a day due to weather. That meant Benson had to play two matches, Friday.

After playing MACCRAY, the Braves hosted a strong Litchfield team and the Dragons handed Benson a 7-0 loss.

Benson, now 2-8 overall and 1-2 in the WCC, have four matches scheduled this week beginning with a home match against Minnewaska Area, Monday, and continuing with a match at St. John’s Prep, Tuesday, a match at home against YME, Thursday, and the WCC Individual Tourney, Saturday at Montevideo....

The Benson softball team is still searching for its first win this season after going 0-3 last week. The Braves were swept in a home doubleheader with Minnewaska Area last Tuesday night, 7-0 and 10-3, and Benson also lost at Atwater-CGC, Friday, 11-7, despite outhitting the home team, 17-16.

Grace Lee had three hits during the 10-3 loss to the Lakers, while Nicole Berens was 4-for-5, Presley Gonnerman was 3-for-4, and Megan Amundson had two homeruns and five RBI during the loss to ACGC.

The Braves, who fell to 0-6 overall and 0-6 in the WCC, have five more games scheduled this week. Benson was set to host Montevideo, Monday before hosting a doubleheader with BOLD, Tuesday, hosting Melrose, Thursday, and playing a non-conference game at Redwood Valley, Friday....

The Benson-KMS track and field teams competed at the LQP-DB Invitational, Thursday with the boys team placing third of seven teams with 68 points, and the Benson-KMS girls placing fifth with 38 points.

LQP-DB won the girls meet by 25 points over runner-up Montevideo (165-140), while the Thunderhawks easily won the boys meeting, doubling up the runner-up LQP-DB team (237.5-119.5).

This week, Benson-KMS was set to host the second of three home invitationals, Tuesday (yesterday).

• Benson-KMS did not win any individual titles, but during the boys’ meet, Josh Bailey did place second in the 3200 meter run (10:45.35) and third in the 1600 meter run (4:45.42).

Jon Tostenson added a fourth in the 1600 (4:50.87) and fourth in the 800 meter run (2:07.27), while JayEven McGee was fourth in the 400 meter dash (1:00.17), and Max Peterson was third in the triple jump (36-6 3/4) and fourth in the 200 meter dash (24.76).